Resiliency Manager
About The Position
Ford Motor Company Supply Chain is seeking a motivated, results-driven leader to shape a newly created role with enterprise-wide impact. As the IPTS Resiliency Manager, you will strengthen the powertrain and powertrain installation supply chain by identifying critical risks and single points of failure, developing mitigation strategies, and driving continuous improvements in resiliency. Working across IPTS Purchasing, you will align leaders around shared priorities and turn strategy into coordinated action. This is an opportunity to establish processes and standards that will shape supply chain resiliency management across IPTS and Ford. The position is hybrid. Candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location may be required to work onsite four or more days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field.
- At least 7 years of experience in supply chain, purchasing, procurement, or supplier risk or quality management, ideally in automotive or another complex manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating supply chain risks, including single- or sole-source exposure.
- A strong track record of influencing cross-functional and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
- Ability to build frameworks, processes, or programs from the ground up in ambiguous or undefined environments.
- High proficiency in digitalization and driving adoption of new systems, processes, and technologies.
- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including the ability to translate complex risk data into clear action plans.
- Strong communication and executive presentation skills, including experience preparing reports for senior leadership.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility will be verified at hire.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree, such as an MBA or related degree.
- Experience in powertrain, chassis, or complex automotive component supply chains.
- Project management or change management certification, such as PMP, Prosci, or Six Sigma.
- Experience leading supply chain scenario planning, business continuity, or disaster recovery exercises.
- Experience in geopolitical or macroeconomic risk analysis related to global supply networks.
Responsibilities
- Conduct systematic risk assessments across the powertrain and powertrain installation supply chain to identify single-source suppliers, geographic concentration risks, tooling bottlenecks, and other vulnerabilities.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks to ensure continuity of supply and build resilient supplier networks.
- Monitor supplier financial health and use Supply Risk Management (SRM) tools to identify and prevent potential supply disruptions.
- Design and implement mitigation plans, including dual sourcing, safety stock strategies, alternate tooling, and supplier qualification pipelines.
- Establish common resiliency frameworks, tools, and decision criteria across IPTS Purchasing leaders.
- Partner with Purchasing and Product Development to incorporate resiliency criteria into sourcing decisions, program launches, and supplier selection.
- Lead tabletop exercises and disruption simulations to validate contingency plans and refine response playbooks.
- Translate enterprise supply chain resiliency objectives into actionable IPTS initiatives aligned with corporate risk management frameworks.
- Develop dashboards and reporting cadences that give leadership visibility into risk exposure, mitigation progress, and resiliency KPIs.
- Escalate critical risks to IPTS Purchasing leadership as needed to support timely action.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
- Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Employee and family vehicle discount program and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
